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honestly, as is normally the case … I’m happy with the overall class even if the order we chose in didn’t make sense to me (the fan without a clue) You give me Nuer, Cline, Stuart in the first three picks and I completely don’t care about the weird Daniels pick in the third round Britton is interesting … some Eli vibes there Really like the Cline pick, that was who I wanted at 13 … didn’t understand missing the run on WR until we picked Britton Curious (but not optimistic) about how we deploy that TE

I think what this year’s draft can teach us for once and for all is that 3DN doesn’t have a hot clue what the **** they’re talking about They generate almost all of the speculation on draft boards and they’re not even close this year, hence why all the fans are confused

Have to think they to plan to use this guy on running downs rather than bringing in the 6th ol like we did with Eli last year. I’m all for it if he can actually chip in with the odd catch.

What a bizarre stream of posts. You think this pick was entirely Walters driven? Because of a one minute clip? Walters is the facilitator on draft day as the guy in the GM seat, but to think he just dreamt this up without significant input from the coaching staff is insane. Think about this for one second: we just hired a new OC who has a decent history of using this type of player, we have never sought out this type of player until now and people are suggesting it’s just pure coincidence that we went out and got a guy like Daniels? I don’t know why people are so dead set on this “it’s gonna be one or the other” thing. They all work together. I have no idea how to feel about the Daniels pick but I know it wasn’t just Walters and the scouts cooking up the bright idea of snagging a tight end. That desire for sure came with a great deal of input from the coaching staff.

love the ethan stuart pick! sam, s, cover wil, half, he can do soo much in cover and has the tools to actually be a full time cover guy plus the size to play the box and excel on soo many units. beaut of a get

early for a futures pick in cline, but with his lack of speed i don’t think he’s gonna stick as long in the nfl. canadian starting at rt in the ncaa is a big deal. His floor as a guard is very high if he doesn’t end up visible at t. Looking for a wr next pick or two i hope early for a futures pick in cline, but with his lack of speed i don’t think he’s gonna stick as long in the nfl. canadian starting at rt in the ncaa is a big deal. His floor as a guard is very high if he doesn’t end up visible at t. Looking for a wr next pick or two i hope

Because the price to move up to #1 would have been way higher than the price to move up in the second round......??

Would it be the CFL draft if it wasn't weird?

I'm ok with it. We needed dline help.

Time to part ways with under performing fans.

What all of us, the pundits included, did not accurately assess is the how the rule changes may affect the draft somewhat. Red zone offenses now will become very NFL like with the small end zone. That means we need an arse kicking blocker who can help our run in the red but must be also viewed as a receiving threat. A TE type. The Daniel's pick makes sense if viewed in that light. Was he a reach or was he a guy we had to make sure we had? No but it does show that Kyle was driving the bus on that pick.

I'm not saying it was a good idea but none of us have any idea who would have been available in later rounds. This draft proved again that none of the CFL, TSN, or 3downnation guys have any clue where anyone will be drafted beyond the first few guys.

Heck yeah. Love the attitude. Let's get more shitkickers in the clubhouse. Hope this pays off.

So what's the deal with Britton? Edit - Here's the 3DN report on him, ranked 16th of all RECs: . Benjamin Britton, University of Calgary (Calgary, Alta.) "A complete wild card, Britton was a Canada West all-star for the Dinos in 2024 after posting 42 receptions for 661 yards, but stepped away from the team last season. He has since indicated that he would like to return to the sport, though scouts differ on how seriously they take those claims. In a draft that is light on size at the receiver position, a six-foot-three, 220-pound target with his level of production can’t be counted out entirely, and a team could gamble on a comeback at the end of the draft"

I wish we had taken one of the aforementioned wr. We need better NI WR depth. JBR correct call on Stuart.

this is no surprise given the mock drafts we saw. cfl draft is impossible to predict, but even at that the mocks have been terrible I like a bunch of these picks teams are getting good useful talent

The DE pick? Seems solid to me. The panel liked it.

Interesting...our heavy sets are going to be heavy. 3 american OL and then having Daniels sitting on the outside...Brady could be running wild. And Collaros will have some great protection.

lol he’s more athletic then that. As a pass catcher he’s faster than corcoran. if he has reasonable hands he’s a very useful fit. Wonder if it means we are really done with clercius hope not having kev mci and dante off the bench for heavy sets would be massive i suspect rohan going soo high spooked us. It feels standard for us. immediate use and upside but in predictable

traded up for Jon Oosterhuis 2.0

nuer gatkuoth Not a testing demon, but he plays faster than he tested. the best player at our biggest position of need. should bring great value as an immediate rotational piece when done in with his nfl look. He might improve significantly as well if he bulks up to be closer to 250-255

I'm sorry but we're going to have to let you go.

Vesterinen off to Vikings mini camp. https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/4709393/edward-vesterinen Converting the punter to oline maybe. Christ he’s a big boy. https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/5218672/keegan-andrews

Ya I've always been the one beating the drum that "Kyle, Osh and Wade are in lock step" and when they show the war room on draft night, you used to always see Wade in there with them. It's also fair to say that were taking a one minute clip and reading too much into that.... But man, it's a convincing one minute. As mentioned, I think it's fair to say that there's input from all people involved... But no question that it's "Kyle's Show" on draft night. Nice to see that he doesn't appear to be making unilateral decisions... Asked for everyone's input before "making the call".

The problem is they need people to be willing to pay money to watch a slate of meaningless games in the fall.

Zero say and final say are two different things. Walter's had 100% final say on the Daniel's pick. This was NOT a pick lobbied for by OSH at 10. 100% Kyle's selling the Daniel's pick to the room.

He also has a shitty attitude of "F*** the few paying fans we already have, they'll just have to get over it."

Not saying coaches have zero say.... But by watching that clip, it was very much Kyle's show. He's running ****. It was definitely very interesting to see him THAT animated about a guy... It changed my tune a bit re: Dante, to "let's at least give this a shot and see"... But anyone who thinks the Bombers had a bad draft and want to blame that on Osh because of biases, I'm convinced that's just totally wrong. Walters was very much in charge last night.

Tui saw some passes out of that as well. Shorter endzones means bigger bodies will be needed. THIS! LBs have been getting smaller and more agile to help in pass coverage. If they can utilize a big blocker in the passing game as well, it will be a huge benefit. The only question is will they? 11 formation with Brady and a legit rec threat at TE has bully ball written all over it.

Kinda bummed about the draft. Really thought the Bombers were going to trade up for Vaccaro. Seemed like a perfect fit. Local kid who can replace Neufeld next season. Mauler type too. Disappointing draft imo.

either didn’t value the guys available, which with the rare combination of size and established high level teams play/blocking that was available seems odd, or just valued the guys we have highly. Good for clercius bad for corcoran. Not a big deal really. pretty good draft. filled our biggest need with the best player in the draft at that position, de. Got a top tier ol futures. plus some intriguing fit potential. considering ott took the next big hback available, either they thought he’d be gone, or just wanted to secure the guy. Don’t hate it, this is the draft to do that in. We will know by how heavy he comes into camp. It could go either way really. Maybe when he’s 100% they really like how he runs and thinks he can play a bunch of positions and roles for us. Maybe they want to go te sets instead of having a guy like clercius block half his snaps. But if you’re in it for the blocker, he wouldn’t need to add much weight and canadian tackle prospects are not common. I’m all for the cfl evolving to use 11 formation. If you like this kids hands, and blocking, it’s easy to see the value in him even if he starts out as a package and heavy set guy. I hope to see some 5’10 210 lbs sam trying to block and cover this 6’6 275lbs kid.

I just watched this (definitely NOT on Twitter...) and laughed my ass off. Not sure they're converting him to OL but they seriously traded up to get a giant, mean blocking back...

I just don’t see it, that doesn’t make sense to me. If you want an OL, draft an OL. Hard to say the Bombers don’t utilize a FB/TE, the game is changing and Condell has often used a FB/TE. Hell, Hamilton picked Kalinic in the exact same spot in the draft when Condell was the OC there. I can’t get to the logic that if you want an OL, you trade up there to draft a total project with terrible testing numbers that would give you zero indication whatsoever he’s capable of moving to OL when you could just do exactly what they did with their next pick and draft a futures OL like Cline.

He's hella quick and relentless in pursuit.

I'd bet they want him to the play that 6th oline spot that Tui did last year.

Daniels has to be converting to OL. They’ve never utilized a fullback or TE consistently. Based on who else was still available if they wanted a big blocking receiver hard to believe he would have been the pick.

Ferguson is usually way off in his mocks buti feel like Forde usually has a better handle on things... Not this year!

That's what I was thinking... The panel feels genuinely confused by many of the picks. The GMs are on a totally different page from the prognosticators...

Yup. Really feel 3 us oline is what we are going to do.13 currently on the roster. We going 3 US oline. The TE FB pick feels like not good to me. 10 catches for 105 in 2 years is not good. Feels like did this guy have military training?

I hear his mom is hot.

we could be planning to convert dante to rt especially if he bulks up some

nothing like bennett. Nuer can step in and contribute off the bench, and projects as a starter. his floor is higher than bennetts ceiling we trade up? interesting

This site is really running slow today. This new playoff format is a complete joke and just awful IMO. The regular season means absolutely nothing anymore, teams will just coast and rest players near the end of the season because unless you are the bottom you are in. As a loyal fan this pushes me into caring much less on what happens during the regular season. Bad idea. This format would only work if they had at least 3 more teams. The only good thing is starting the season earlier.

"I can't believe he feel to us" "That guy is a sleeper" "We got the steal of the draft" "I can't believe we drafted him" "That guy is a bum" I am ready for the draft.

The only sorta issue is the weather is all over the place. It literally snowed last night here. Melted quick but it snowed and it’s still chilly at night and during the day. But maybe it’s better than late November but not really. So the Victoria Day start is gonna be interesting. It’s also the first real weekend ppl go camping or to the cabins here. Not sure about starting it then. Honestly thought it used to start then and got changed cuz weather and potential conflict with nhl playoffs, tv scheduling and contracts and what not.

They're only meaningless if you don't care about going to watch a playoff game in your stadium. Is it a meaningless game for the teams that are locked in 3/4 spots now when the winner gets to host the semi? Of course not, because as a fan you want your team hosting the playoff game. There are plenty of actually meaningless games with the current format. This will provide at least some meaning. 1&2nd spots get locked up early all the time. Generally those teams will have healthy attendance because they're playing well. The end of year games between 6&7 or 8&9 is where the drop off really is. This playoff format at least gives hope that they can make a run at the cup.

Yeah I mean safe to assume they have a role in mind. Walters seemed really excited to get him. What I don't like....draft a guy who can't play OL and can't play receiver, scouting reports on him say didn't really play special teams in college...maybe they can coach him up there, testing doesn't really paint him as being very athletic. But he doesn't give you coverage for anything but that very specific role he's drafted for. So would you be better drafting a physical receiver who can block, or a back who can block and maybe take some carries, or just the best OL on the board? We missed on receiver and that is our biggest need IMO. We have basically no depth and we probably need to start 3 Canadians. We've effectively locked ourselves into dressing 7 OL but one of them isn't really a OL.

The GM always controls things during the draft. That's how it goes in all professional leagues. That doesn't mean coaches have zero say.

I mean, we don't have to agree with it, but you've gotta love the passion. And based on that video, they weren't necessarily trading up to get THAT guy... They just wanted to be able to pick at 10, and then they went around the room and everyone gave input on who they thought they should take at 10, and it SEEMED (based on that video) that the scouts were REALLY enamoured with the big TE/FB....